Automatic overnight delivery of the daily edition to begin

Staff report

Updated 9:17 am, Tuesday, December 6, 2011

A new version of the Times Union's iPad app will enable subscribers to have the newspaper's daily iPad edition automatically downloaded to their tablets each morning.

The update, which is now available, enables the Times Union to be part of Apple's Newsstand, an innovation included in the latest iPad system software — iOS 5. Newsstand allows iPad users to keep all their newspaper and magazine app subscriptions in one place and makes it easy to shop for reading material. Apple calls it "your own personal reading room with the latest in whatever interests you."

With Newsstand, you may set up your iPad so the daily edition of the Times Union for iPad is downloaded automatically early every morning, making it available to view anytime, anywhere, all day. To use this new feature, there are just a few steps you'll need to follow:

1. You will need iOS 5.0 or later. To install this version of iOS, sync your iPad with your computer. iTunes will tell you that iOS 5 is now available to install on your iPad, so click "Yes" to update.

2. Later this week, after iOS 5 is installed, go to the App Store on your iPad. Tap on "Updates" to see a new version of Albany Times Union for iPad ready to be installed (v1.2.5). Tap "Update" to install it.

3. The first thing you'll notice: Our icon has moved. You'll see a new "Newsstand" icon along with the rest of your apps — one location for all your iPad subscriptions. Tap on Newsstand, and you'll see the new Albany Times Union for iPad. Tap it to open.

4. The app will ask if you want to start using Newsstand and have our daily edition downloaded automatically every morning. Tap "yes" or "no," depending on your preference. If you tap "yes," a new daily edition will be downloaded to your iPad every morning. If you tap "no," the app will behave as it did before updating.

The Times Union staff will continue to update the Live Edition throughout the day as news breaks. Open the app, tap on "Select Edition" and then tap "Live Edition" to see the most recent news.

If you ever want to turn off Newsstand, tap on "Settings," then "Store," then tap "Off" next to the icon for Albany Times Union for iPad.